Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 09:25:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rex Wockner
Subject: WOCKNER/MEXICO CLINIC DRUG SHORTAGE
TIJUANA AIDS CLINIC FACES DRUG SHORTAGE
by Rex Wockner
TIJUANA -- The only place in Mexico to get free AIDS drugs is out of drugs.
Tijuana's ACOSIDA (Alliance Against AIDS) Clinic is short of
everything but AZT.
"We need ddI, ddC, 3TC, d4T, Crixivan and saquinivir," said
clinic co-founder Alejandro Garcia.
The clinic also needs the drugs that treat and prevent
opportunistic infections -- particularly Bactrim -- and the
anti-herpes drug acyclovir (Zovirax).
In the past, the clinic had a relatively steady flow of drugs
through an underground operation where pills from the bedsides of people
who die in San Diego County end up in Tijuana.
That network still operates but supply no longer meets demand.
Any leftover or unneeded AIDS medications can be shipped to
Alejandro Garcia, Paseo del Pedregal 1980, Playas de Tijuana, B.C., Mexico.
Or they can be delivered directly to the clinic Thursday evenings
between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Its address is 8324 10th Street, downtown.
That's one and one-half blocks east of Revolution Avenue.
For more information, phone 011-52-66-80-99-63.
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